It has been announced that the Trump administration has started to roll back the Temporary Protected Status for thousands of Nicaraguans and Hondurans. They will either have to seek permanent residency in the United States (which is already pretty difficult to begin with) or return immediately to their homeland. TPS was granted to these countries being their countries were either being ravaged by natural disasters, or wars, and even though it was being reported that Nicaraguan government didn't request to extend their TPS, it is still a blow to these people. Some of these people came to the U.S at a very young age and now they have no choice but to go back to a country that they don't even know anymore.
There are also thousands of Salvadorans who are currently protected by TPS, and although nothing was said about El Salvador, this could still be troubling for them too.
One thing that has struck me about this is that there has not been much of an uproar about TPS being rolled back, but Central Americans backed up those were affected by DACA being revoked. We should stand together and back each other up.
I feel for my Central American people, for my fellow Latinos. These actions by the Trump Administration are acts steeped in racism and cruelty.
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